The Student Achievement Measure is supported by six sponsoring associations, working together to provide a more comprehensive and accurate picture of student progress and completion as students move across institutions and state boundaries.

Montclair State University

Founded as the New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair in 1908, Montclair State University
today is a preeminent center of research, education and scholarship. The University offers a broad
array of undergraduate and graduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences, as well as in the
professional fields of business, the arts and education. Substantial growth in research activity and
doctoral-level education has earned Montclair State designation as a Research Doctoral University by
the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
Montclair State is currently in a period of significant growth and development with an enrollment of
nearly 21,000 students, new programs, new faculty and expanding physical facilities. In just the past
year, Montclair State achieved record-breaking enrollment, opened a new School of Nursing, built
state-of-the-art learning and research facilities for students in the Feliciano School of Business and
College of Science and Mathematics, and initiated construction for a new home for the School of
Communication and Media. We received the largest philanthropic gift in our history--$20 million to
support the Feliciano School of Business—and met the Federal criteria for recognition as an
Hispanic-serving institution. These activities are evidence of the University’s commitment to steadily
adapting and evolving to serve the educational needs of New Jersey, grounded in a mission of
academic excellence and service.

The SAM Full-time Bachelor's Degree model tracks a group of students who started a bachelor's degree program at Montclair State University in the Fall of 2010. The students' progress toward a degree is reported within 4, 5, and 6 years. The same group of students is included in the results for every year.

The sections of the SAM chart represent the proportion of students in the original group with the following five outcomes.

Students who started at and graduated from Montclair State University are represented by the darker purple bar with the solid black bar underneath (). (This section of the chart Within 6 Years is approximately the same as the federal graduation rate, but it may differ slightly for each institution.)

Students who started at Montclair State University and then transferred to and graduated from another institution are represented by the lighter purple bar with the white stripe underneath ()

Students who started at and are still enrolled at Montclair State University are represented by the darker aqua bar with two white stripes underneath ().

Students who started at Montclair State University and then transferred to and are still enrolled at another institution are represented by the lighter aqua bar with the bottom white stripe ().

Students from the original group whose status is unknown are represented by the green bar with the top white stripe (). These students may have graduated or still be enrolled somewhere, but their status could not be determined conclusively.

The SAM Full-time Bachelor's Degree model tracks a group of students who started a bachelor's degree program at Montclair State University in the Fall of 2010. The students' progress toward a degree is reported within 4, 5, and 6 years. The same group of students is included in the results for every year.

The sections of the SAM chart represent the proportion of students in the original group with the following five outcomes.

Students who started at and graduated from Montclair State University are represented by the darker purple bar with the solid black bar underneath (). (This section of the chart Within 6 Years is approximately the same as the federal graduation rate, but it may differ slightly for each institution.)

Students who started at Montclair State University and then transferred to and graduated from another institution are represented by the lighter purple bar with the white stripe underneath ()

Students who started at and are still enrolled at Montclair State University are represented by the darker aqua bar with two white stripes underneath ().

Students who started at Montclair State University and then transferred to and are still enrolled at another institution are represented by the lighter aqua bar with the bottom white stripe ().

Students from the original group whose status is unknown are represented by the green bar with the top white stripe (). These students may have graduated or still be enrolled somewhere, but their status could not be determined conclusively.